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Well; welcome home hubby, from your wierd and wonderful business travels! He looks quite knackered really. His eyes don't seem to be focusing correctly at the moment Comes of sitting some 12 hours on a plane I think. Nasty having a numb ££££. I was looking for my star symbol, but could only find a pound symbol instead. So, there you go........
Unfortunately, he was ambushed on all sides by five screaming babies. And, when one stopped, another set off, kind of like a 'mexican baby wave', I think. Nasty! That could surely be a method of torture: being constantly kept awake by screaming babies. And don't they have such great lungs? Awesome. For myself, I have earplugs, which I find very useful. Keeps most alien sounds - like snoring out! Not so good if there's a mosquito on the lose though. Cos it'll eat you, and you won't know until the morning, when you've got a lump on your head the size of a golf-ball. Rather a lot of huge mosquitos here. Of course you probably know it's only the women mosquitos who suck your blood! They need it for the strength to bear baby mosquitos. So, blame the women. We also have very strange species of spiders here in Switzerland. Not British spiders, they're far more European - so they have tiny little cigarettes hanging from their tiny mouths (just kidding) they prefer roll-ups
Been working on a horse-race commissioned oil painting this week. It's a nightmare in terms of detail: hats, numbers, saddles, forelocks. Actually, I have no idea what a forelock is, I'm just making that up. But, there's an awful lot of detail to capture. And it's quite difficult to achieve a look of a 'moving' race, without doing cartoon lines, to effect the action (well, maybe I have added a few subtle cartoon lines) I shouldn've told you that, now you'll look for them, and probably find them too!! But horses are very difficult animals to paint correctly, especially those beautiful arabians. So powerful and muscular and graceful at the same time. I love trying to capture those muscles and the beauty of their coats. Well, coats, really doesn't seem the right word? Skins? Flanks? I'll stop there. But, there's such subtle play of colour as the horses move, too. Those rich chestnuts browns change to orange, to blues, to blacks. It's really fascinating. Honest!!
Hey, don't get me started talking about a painting, I'll go on forever!
Anyway, real windy winds have been heading our way now. I guess it is good ol' autumn. But, they've been chasing me, wherever I've gone - or do think perhaps I'm just paranoid But, even our dog Axle has started growing a thicker coat. Wish I could do that. Could be very handy really. If a bit wierd! But those hats and gloves have already been creeping on, and those winds are starting to make the eyes water. It's been so long since I've heard those strong winds, from inside the house. Since we have had such a warm and still summer. Still, gotta let the summer go! 